Berkeley Symphony Music Director Joana Carneiro, missing in action here last month, has been named principal conductor of the Portugal National Symphony, whose home is the Teatro de São Carlos in Lisbon, Carneiro's birthplace.
Aaron Copland, born 113 years ago today, was famously dubbed “the dean of American composers.” His scores, well-known and loved, we still hear in TV and film.
Contra Costa Wind Symphony's classically trained musicians get into classic rock at their next concert, at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 in Walnut Creek's Lesher Center for the Arts.